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Tales of the Zombie #6 (Brother Voodoo)
Issue(s): Tales of the Zombie #6 (Brother Voodoo story only)
Cover Date: Jul 74
Title: "End of a legend!"
Credits:
Len Wein - Plot
Doug Moench - Script
Gene Colan - Penciler
Frank Chiaramonte - Inker
Review/plot:
This continues Brother Voodoo's fight with the Black Talon from Strange Tales #173.
Nice art from Gene Colan. Not much going on story-wise, though. The problem with tying Brother Voodoo so close to, well, voodoo, is that there really wasn't a lot they could do with the character, i guess. Even the absurdity of fighting a guy dressed as a giant rooster only gets you so far.
The saddest thing is that this Black Talon never even appears again, so it's not really that interesting to see his origins here since it's a different version that later becomes a semi-recurring Avengers villain. This one was more or less faking his powers as part of a bid by his mom (yep) to gain immortality.
Quality Rating: D+
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: Continues directly from Strange Tales #173. The main Zombie story from this issue is in a separate entry.
References:
- Brother Voodoo got his power to project the spirit of his dead brother from Papa Jambo in Strange Tales #170.
- Brother Voodoo is here to rescue Loralee Tate from the Cult of the Black Rooster, as seen in Strange Tales #172-173.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: Doctor Voodoo: The Origin of Jericho Drumm
Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Black Talon, Brother Voodoo, Loralee Tate, Samuel Tate 1974 / Box 8 / EiC: Roy Thomas Previous:
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Comments
notice how annoying it gets when the heroes get more violent and kill off villains. annoying because other writers just have to create new versions of them (Eel, Mr. Fear, Black Talon, etc) to tell the stories they want to tell.
Not accustomed to see Brother Voodoo engaging so much in fisticuffs. Also, a nice small touch in the art having BV's necklace flying as he moved. Colan here shows that he is capable of drawing fluid action sequences, contrary to some readers' perception.
I guess at the time, only in the b&w magazine format could one get away with the image of a voodoo master being crucified. Also, in my previous post, I should have said Gene Colan WAS capable of drawing action sequences.
